Tick…tick… tick….

That's the sound of your biological clock, or it ought to be, according to this CNN story that reveals the groundbreaking news that waiting to get pregnant might make it harder.

I KNOW!! There's something we haven’t heard before, but each story boasts its own special flavor of annoying. This one comes in the form of inaccurate information from an OB-GYN quoted in the article, namely this: "The optimal time of the month for ovulation is 14 days after the first day of your last menstrual period," says Dr. Michael Randell.

Wrong, and I have two children to prove it. While it's true that ovulation comes around the middle of the cycle, cycle lengths vary from woman to woman and even month to month and ovulation can occur as early as day 10 as late as day 18 or so. The best way to know when you're ovulating is to chart your cycle for a few months using fertility awareness – which has the added benefit of maybe letting you know that you’re not ovulating at all.

Now, is there anyone left who doesn't know that fertility starts to decline at age 35? Admittedly, celebs like Julia Roberts and Geena Davis and JLo and way too many others who had that birthday in the rearview mirror years ago and refuse  to cop to needing fertility treatment ("Twins run in my family" MY ASS) don’t help, but really, this should not be news to anyone. Unfortunately, life doesn't always line up with biological reality, but blaming women for waiting too long lets science off the hook for finding causes and cures for medically-based causes for infertility.